Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) officers and Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) personnel are on the scene of an injury traffic collision between a 13-year-old bicyclist and a vehicle in Belmont Shore, authorities said.
LBPD officers were dispatched to the scene of the collision on the 4800 block of Livingston Drive at about 3:48PM, said LBPD spokesperson Marlene Arrona.
LBFD spokesperson Jake Heflin confirmed the collision involved a 13-year-old female bicyclist.
Heflin said the girl was crossing Livingston Drive at St. Joseph Avenue on her bike when she was hit by a car making a turn at a low rate of speed.
“Her bike was tapped by the car,” Heflin said.
The girl’s parents responded to the scene and decided the girl, who was wearing a helmet and had some minor scrapes and pain in her ankle as a result of the collision, would go home and opted out of transportation to a hospital.
Authorities are currently on the scene to investigate.
The investigation is ongoing, and no further information is available. We will update this story as we learn more.